Management of chilli thrips Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on peppers by Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and Orius insidiosus (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)

Biological Control

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-347

  Doĝramaci, Mahmut ^a   Arthurs, Steven P ^a   Chen, Jianjun ^a   McKenzie, Cindy ^b   Irrizary, Fabieli ^a   Osborne, Lance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Host plant resistance; Insidiosus flower bug; Intraguild predation

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS SWIRSKII; ANTHOCORIDAE; CAPSICUM; HEMIPTERA; ORIUS INSIDIOSUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PILOPHORUS WALSHII; SCIRTOTHRIPS DORSALIS; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 82955233991     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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